Bakken Elementary School (Closed 2021)

School Strategy Map

Map Name: Bakken Elementary 2019-20
Time Period: 8/16/2019 - 5/22/2020
Vision

Our vision is to acknowledge the individuality of students staff parents and community. 

Mission

Helping students achieve their greatest potential in education by promoting safe respectful and responsible leaners.

Beliefs

We believe students can learn given personalized learning opportunities.  It is our responsibility to provide a safe and secure learning environment to ensure equitable opportunites for all. 

Culture and Climate
Bakken Elementary School will provide a healthy learning opportunity by building relationships in a safe and respectful learning environment.
Academic Achievement
Bakken students will meet the expected growth-target or hit their grade level benchmark in core academic subjects.
Reading
Bakken students will meet the expected growth-target or hit their grade level benchmark in Reading.
Objectives
  • Use Safe and Civil schools to encourage safe respectful and responsible behavior.
  • Develop a school climate to promote student and staff diversity and celebrate differences.
  • Provide a comprehensive counseling program.
Objectives
  • Teachers will incorporate a 90-minute language arts block into everyday instruction.
  • Teachers will incorporate a 90-minute language arts block into everyday instruction.
  • Classroom teachers will collaborate with data team to evaluate assessment scores.
  • Staff will follow the district pathway plan and curriculum guides which align with state standards.
  • Teachers will implement personalized learning to fit each individual's need.
  • Teachers will incorporate project-based learning activities to develop knowledge and skill.
  • Staff will have a variety of technology available to increase student's ability.
  • Based off of assessment data we will implement supporting activities to supplement weak areas.
Objectives
  • Teachers will incorporate a 90-minute language arts block into everyday instruction.
  • Classroom teachers will collaborate with data team to evaluate assessment scores.
  • Teachers will implement personalized learning to fit each individual's need.
  • Teachers will incorporate project-based learning activities to develop knowledge and skill.
  • Staff will follow the district pathway plan and curriculum guides which align with state standards.
  • Partially proficient and novice students will follow the district pathway for progress monitoring.
Critical Initiative
  • Safe and Civil training to all staff.
  • Providing a variety of extracurricular clubs for student participation.
Critical Initiative
  • Access to school-wide data.
  • Provide professional development for DI curriculum to ensure fidelity.
  • Proper placement of students based on assessment and student data.
  • Professional development of personalized learning models.
  • Developing a platform for personalized learning across grade levels.
  • Develop a pathway plan for personalized learning.
  • Provide a block of uninterrupted time for reading instruction.
  • Professional development of project-based learning.
  • Invest in curriculum and technology to support the implementation of PBL.
  • Professional development of emerging technologies.
  • Ensuring the devices are in working order during student learning.
  • Develop a data team that consists of teachers strategists and administration to analyze and desegregate data.
  • Hold a quarterly in-house SLDS training/meeting to discuss data.
Critical Initiative
  • Obtain curriculum materials to support district objectives.
  • Provide professional development on curriculum.
  • Access to school-wide data.
  • Professional development of personalized learning models.
  • Developing a platform for personalized learning across grade levels.
  • Develop a pathway plan for personalized learning.
  • Professional development of project-based learning.
  • Invest in curriculum and technology to support the implementation of PBL.
  • Professional development on proper progress monitoring techniques.
  • Ensure students are properly placed based on assessment data.
  • Ensure all staff have access to up-dated curriculum guides and pathway plans.
Key Measures
  • Choir Club
  • Sign Language Club
  • STEAM Club
  • Talent Show
  • Band
  • Student of the Month
  • Behavior Logs
  • CHAMPS Resources
  • Culture Club
Key Measures
  • Access to SLDS
  • Attend DI training
  • DI Resources and materials
  • NWEA data
  • AIMS
  • Curriculum Assessments
  • Classroom Inventories
  • 1:1 devices
  • Instructional Rounds
  • Engagement Surveys
  • Curriculum Materials
  • Collaboration with feeder schools
  • Personalized Learning Qualification Process
  • PBL Integration
  • Tech department collaboration
Personalized Learning
Develop personalized learning strategies to engage students in curricular content.
Objectives
  • Practice and develop instructional resources to support and implement personalized learning.
  • Adopt a platform for implementing personalization.
  • Provide Professional Development on personalized learning strategies and the platform used.
Critical Initiative
  • Invest in curriculum and material to support personalized learning.
  • Adopt a platform for implementing personalization.
  • Provide Professional Development on personalized learning strategies and the platform used.
Key Measures
  • Teacher Observation
  • Classroom Observations
  • Site Visits
  • Provide appropriate material
  • 1:1 devices
  • Site Visits
  • PLC time
  • Classroom inventories
  • Program Evaluation
  • Student Observations
The Strategy Map has been created in collaboration with The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and Cognia™.

All schools in North Dakota participate in a Continuous Improvement process. Continuous Improvement means examining a school’s current reality including demographics, culture, technology, finances, and academic progress, among many other factors. In addition, Continuous Improvement means looking into the future and predicting what may change – what will be different a year from now, or 10 years from now.

 

During the 2018-2019 school year, all schools in North Dakota participated in this Continuous Improvement journey. School personnel participated in training and collaborated with diverse stakeholders such as community members, teachers, parents and students to map out what the school’s priorities are, what the school’s objectives are and what critical initiatives needed to be implemented to achieve those objectives. This planning process resulted in a Strategy Map – a 3 to 5-year plan for the school.

 

It is important to note that the Strategy Map is a snapshot in time. It is documentation of what the school’s priorities were the past school year. In this case the Strategy Map below was captured and submitted on May 1, 2019. It is equally important to note that the Strategy Map below may have changed since its submittal. This is because priorities may have changed quickly depending on numerous factors. Factors can include, but are not limited to, a natural disaster, a high staff turn-over rate, or an influx or decrease of students. To obtain a copy of this schools current and update Strategy Map, please contact the local school administrator.



Please contact North Dakota's Department of Public Instruction with any questions and feedback via email to the following address: dpidashboard@nd.gov